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"The company reiterates that an appeal will be preferred against the order in Securities Appellate Tribunal," $4 said in a regulatory filing.
Taking legal advice from its team, the company is confident that the appellate forums will uphold its position.
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Elaborating on the matter the company said: "There is no market manipulation by the company on account of the trades both in futures and cash segments. There are no profits or losses in a hedging transaction, leave alone undue profits."
"Open positions in excess of limits prescribed in circulars is neither fraudulent nor manipulative as per the bye laws and regulations of stock exchange and also as Securities Contracts (Regulation ) Act," it added.
It added that the allegations cannot attract the consequences sought for in the show-cause notice, and that selling at a price marginally below the last traded price in a genuine delivery transaction in the cash segment does not account for a fraudulent and manipulative trade practice.
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